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Donald Duck Saltbush

Atriplex nessorhina

Donald Duck saltbush is a small annual or short-lived herb from arid central Australia, grown mainly as a curiosity or for dry-area revegetation. It needs full sun, very little water and free-draining soil.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, well-drained soil; tolerates saline and alkaline soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. South Australia to SW. Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Atriplex nessorhina, the Donald Duck saltbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, native to Australia, where it is found in central South Australia, New South Wales, and southwest Queensland. Its bracteoles have swollen bases and beak-like valves.

Other Atriplex plants

Tubercled saltbush · Swamp Saltbush · Fan Saltbush · Silverscale saltbush · Native Orache · Atriplex billardierei · Silver saltbush · Fourwing saltbush · Gray saltbush · Flat-topped saltbush · Shadscale saltbush · Heartscale

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Atriplex nessorhina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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